You just need the simplest everyday items to try these teasers and challenges—but they all stre-e-e-etch your powers of imagination and deduction! See how to...● make objects appear and disappear● step through a piece of paper● create matchstick challenges● do card tricks...and lots more. Devised by an expert on brain training, these visual conundrums and fun games will inspire you to find smart solutions to ticklish problems! There are handy tips if yo...

A freak sandstorm seals you inside a pyramid in the desert! The only way out is by solving puzzles that lead you past a snake pit, booby traps, and a treasure cave. Devised by an expert on brain training, these mental gymnastics will help you outsmart the tomb's ancient curse! You can't skip a puzzle, but there are hints to help and full answers to help you on your way.

Do you love juggling numbers and playing with words? These puzzles and brain-bafflers will keep you buzzing! Use language, math, and logic to...● solve figure sequences and tricky problems● crack codes● answer riddles● play lateral-thinking games...and lots more. Devised by an expert on brain training, these challenges with words, numbers, and lateral thinking will exercise your mind and imagination! There are handy tips if you need help, plus an answer...

Use it or lose it! Your mind needs exercise to stay in top condition, just as your body does. By working up a cerebral sweat in this ‘mental gymnasium’ you will soon have a lean, mean thinking machine on your shoulders.Your mind is what makes you tick, so keeping it in tip-top condition is as important as taking care of your body. By performing mental workouts you can build your brain power and keep your mind alert and agile well into old age. Brain Workout

Oh no! You've fallen from your mountain path, and now you're lost in the rain forest! You must solve a chain of puzzles to plot your escape route. Devised by an expert on brain training, these mental gymnastics will help you uncover the secret of the jungle temple! You can't skip a challenge, but there are hints to help and full answers to get you on your way.

Can your eyes deceive you? Try these amazing optical illusions to find out. Look hard, then look again to see...● spinning patterns—but the page isn't moving!● colors that change—but do they?● big and small shapes—spot the difference!Devised by an expert on brain training, these visual tricks and challenges are huge fun and quite an eye-opener! There are handy tips if you need help, plus an answer key at the back!

Travel with Alice down the rabbit hole into the fantastic world of Wonderland, and help a cast of extraordinary characters solve these tantalising puzzles and enigmas.Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, was a huge fan of puzzles and was said to have invented the word ladder. In this book you can deduce the card hand of Tweedledee, decide which bottle contains the growing potion and calculate...

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere.-Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of the Four.Pit your wits against the greatest detective of them all with this collection of over 130 fiendish and hugely entertaining puzzles and enigmas.Some involve riddles, some plays on words, and some rely on mathematical principles. Use your ...

From the creators of the bestselling Sod series,a fun, accessible brain-training activity book designed to keep senior minds fit.Ever walked into a room and then forgotten why you went in there? Are you forever misplacing your purse or car keys? Do you increasingly forget the names of people and places?It doesn't have to be this way and Stay Sharp! is filled with practical advice and exercises created to keep our brains active in later lif...

Test your knowledge and get to know the real London.Can you find your way from Bond Street to Kentish Town on a word ladder?Can you crack a 1950s underground code?Puzzle your way across London with this official TfL quiz book and over 200 word puzzles, cryptic clues, number games, anagrams and spot-the-difference challenges.Explore the capital from a whole new point of view, through the maps, posters and other fascinating artifacts of the iconic Underground,...

**MURDLE FANS LOOK NO FURTHER . . .Want to keep your brain active and your wits trim? Challenge your mind with The Penguin Book of Puzzles and find out if you've got what it takes to beat the Penguin.**‘An explosion of a puzzle collection’ The Times Literary Supplement**----From the riddles of the ancients to puzzles that perplex the greatest minds of today. Now a pocket-sized paperback, The Penguin Book of Puzzles...

1 dead author, 20 suspects and 1 killer hidden in the manuscript.But who murdered the author?The manuscript isn't finished. Upon writing the final page the author mysteriously drops dead, his pen scrawling across the page in what would have been the last sentence of the book.The big reveal. But who killed him?Luckily the author knew his demise was inevitable and buried clues hinting at who, why and how he would be killed. Ca...